Diocese of Propriá
| Diocese of Propriá | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Aracaju |
| Diocesan bishop | Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes |
| Vicar General | Oldair Francisco Carvalho the Virgens |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 8,181 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 347,255 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 268,179 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,888 |
| Friars | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
| address | Trav. Municipal 88 49900-000 Propriá, SE Brazil |
| Website | www.diocesedepropria.org |
The diocese Propriá ( Latin Dioecesis Propriensis , Portuguese Diocese de Propriá ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Propriá in the state of Sergipe .
history
The diocese Propriá was on April 30, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Aracaju and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Propriá
- José Brandão de Castro CSsR , 1960–1987
- José Palmeira Lessa , 1987–1996, then coadjutor archbishop of Aracaju
- Mário Rino Sivieri , 1997-2017
- Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes , since 2017